Young America Cricket Club Invitation

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Young America Cricket Club Invitation
Defunct tennis tournament
TourUSLTA Circuit (1885-1887)
Founded1885;140 years ago (1885)
Abolished1887;138 years ago (1887)
Location Stanton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Venue Young America Cricket Club
Surface Grass

The Young America Cricket Club Invitation [1] was a late 19th-century men's grass court tennis tournament held at the Young America Cricket Club (YACC), Stanton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States from 1885 to 1895.

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History

In 1855 the Young America Cricket Club (YACC) was founded. [2] In 1885 the club inaugurated an invitational men's tennis tournament known as the Young America Cricket Club Invitation. [3] This important event was only held for three editions. [4] The tournament was discontinued as following the merger of the Young America Cricket Club with another famous venue the Germantown Cricket Club in 1889. [5]

Finals

Men's singles

YearChampionRunner upScore
1885 [a] Flag of the United States.svg Joseph Sill Clark Sr. [6] Flag of the United States.svg Clarence Munroe Clark 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. [7]
1886 [b] Flag of the United States.svg Robert Livingston Beeckman [8] Flag of the United States.svg Joseph Sill Clark Sr. 6-4,6-4, 9-7. [9]
1887 [c] Flag of the United States.svg Howard Augustus Taylor [10] Flag of the United States.svg Robert Livingston Beeckman 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1. [11]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1885 edition held from 26–29 May
  2. ↑ 1886 edition held from 4–5 June
  3. ↑ 1886 edition held from 27–29 May

References

  1. ↑ Whittersley, Joseph T. (1895). Wright and Ditson's Lawn Tennis Guide. Boston: Wright & Ditson. p. 70.
  2. ↑ Lester, John A. (1951). A Century of Philadelphia Cricket. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 365. ISBN   978-1512803938.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  3. ↑ Hall, Valentine Gill (1889). "Tournaments of 1885, 1886, 1887". Lawn Tennis in America: Biographical Sketches of All the Prominent Players ... Knotty Points, and All the Latest Rules and Directions Governing Handicaps, Umpires, and Rules for Playing. New York: D.W. Granbery & Company. pp. 9, 11, 15.
  4. ↑ "Tournament – Young America Cricket Club Invitation". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  5. ↑ Charleton, James H. (1986). Recreation in the United States: National Historic Landmark Theme Study. Washington D.C.: National Park Service, Department of the Interior. p. 209.
  6. ↑ Hall. Valentine G. Lawn Tennis in America (1889) D. W. Granbery & co. New York. p.9.
  7. ↑ "Tournaments: Young America Cricket Club Invitation" . The Tennis Base. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  8. ↑ Hall. Valentine G. Lawn Tennis in America (1889) D. W. Granbery & co. New York. p.11.
  9. ↑ The Tennis Base
  10. ↑ Hall. Valentine G. Lawn Tennis in America (1889) D. W. Granbery & co. New York. p.15.
  11. ↑ The Tennis Base
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